1.2.25 Legal challenges to faith and freedom, recalling 1984 famine relief, remembering those who had religious influence

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🗓️ 2 January 2025

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Religious liberty (https://wng.org/podcasts/religious-liberty-in-the-courts-1735760207) highlights of 2024, Ethiopian famine relief (https://wng.org/podcasts/on-the-front-lines-of-famine-1735760207) 40 years later, and remembering those with spiritual influence who died last year (https://wng.org/podcasts/having-a-religious-influence-1735760208). Plus, the importance of history (https://wng.org/podcasts/john-wilsey-history-matters-1735760208), a photoshoot (https://wng.org/podcasts/kicker-say-freeze-1735760208) gone wrong, and the Thursday morning news (https://wng.org/podcasts/thursday-morning-news-january-2-2025-1735760206). Support The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donate (https://donate.wng.org/). Additional support comes from Dordt University. Service opportunities at Dordt give students a chance to gain practical wisdom for lives of service – until all is made new. And from Commuter Bible, the work-week audio Bible in four annual plans. Available via podcast app and (http://commuterbible.org/)commuterbible.org (http://commuterbible.org/)

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0:00.0	Good morning. The new year is here, but the struggle for religious liberty continues.
0:10.0	We will review the biggest cases of 2024 and what awaits us in the year ahead.
0:15.0	Also today, aid workers reflect on the massive effort to help the people of Ethiopia 40 years ago.
0:21.6	They didn't know when they were going to get the next distribution of food.
0:25.6	We also continue our remembrances of those who died this year,
0:29.6	this time commemorating the lives of prominent religious figures.
0:34.6	We're that generation, and I believe we're rapidly moving toward the coming of Christ.
0:40.3	And commentator John Wilson says the past doesn't determine the future, but it certainly
0:46.3	shapes it.
0:47.3	It's Thursday, January 2nd.
0:58.1	This is the world and everything in it from listeners-supported world radio.
1:02.1	I'm Mary Riker.
1:03.0	And I'm Myrna Brown.
1:04.5	Good morning.
1:06.6	Up next, Kent Covington with today's news.
1:10.4	In the wake of a New Year's terrorist attack in New Orleans,
1:14.1	investigators may still have as many questions as they do answers.
1:18.4	The plot thickened on Wednesday with authorities now investigating an explosion in Las Vegas
1:23.3	as a possible terrorist attack as well.
1:26.0	More on that momentarily.
1:27.7	As for the attacker in New Orleans,
1:29.7	President Biden said there is no doubt about the motive.
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